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CALGARY: Baguette showdown

After a waffle breakfast, I had to grab something to go for lunch and somehow Gwendolyn (she’s an enabler) convinced me to get two baguettes for “research.”

Ever the enablee, I chose a baguette with chicken ($8) from Manuel Latruwe, and a Perigord baguette ($10) with duck rillettes from L’Epicerie right next door.

The Latruwe baguette [...]

PRODUCT REVIEW: McDonald's McMini

In a week where KFC comes up with this monstrosity, the McDonald’s McMinis seem downright healthy.

Responding to customers’ requests for more chicken choices, the McMinis are all-white chicken breast (choice of crispy or grilled) on a mini-baguette with a pesto or spicy thai spread.

Their PR company invited me to try the McMinis ($1.99 + tax) [...]

CALGARY: Janice Beaton sandwiches

UPDATE – Aug. 31, 2009: Janice Beaton’s Kensington shop is now closed. The Mount Royal store is still open at 1017–16th Ave. SW.

Janice Beaton — the queen of cheese (and I mean that in the best way possible) — is now making fresh sandwiches, which is very welcome news for my office which has [...]

CALGARY: Aller à l’épicerie

I went to high school in English Canada, where most of my French classes involved sitting through audio tapes where Pierre and Marie would discuss mundane tasks with great animation and perfect elocution.

“Vas-tu à la fête?”
“No, je vais étudier à la bibliothèque!”

(Although in Grade 12, there was bizarre scenario in our textbooks about a [...]